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In lawsuit, woman alleges New York Rangers, Knicks owner James Dolan pressured her into sex

In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday, a Tennessee woman alleged that James Dolan, the owner of the New York Knicks and New York Rangers, pressured her into sex and that the former movie producer Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her a decade ago.

“I have suffered so profoundly because of what James Dolan and Harvey Weinstein did to me years ago, and it was not an easy decision to come forward and seek justice,” the woman, Kellye Croft, said in a statement. “But for me, to truly address my trauma, I need to seek accountability. James Dolan manipulated me, brought me to California to abuse me and then set me up for a vicious attack by Weinstein. My hope is that my lawsuit will force Dolan to acknowledge what he did to me and to take responsibility for the harm he has caused.”

Both Dolan and Weinstein have denied the allegations through their lawyers. The lawsuit was first reported by The New York Times.

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According to the lawsuit, filed in California, Croft was a massage therapist working on a concert tour with the Eagles in 2013. She met Dolan on that tour with his band, JD & The Straight Shot, which was an opening act for the Eagles.

While on tour, as a consensual massage neared its end, Dolan pulled Croft to him and put her hands between his knees, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit says Croft was “adamant that she did not want to have any sexual interactions with Dolan.”

“Following this unwanted sexual contact, Ms. Croft was summoned to Dolan’s room multiple times during the remainder of that part of the tour. On each of these occasions, Dolan made unwelcome advances toward Ms. Croft, and she felt obligated to submit to sex with him,” the suit says.

According to the lawsuit, in January 2014, Dolan and music manager Irving Azoff flew Croft to Los Angeles, with Azoff’s corporate entities paying for Croft’s travel. Croft says she believed she was headed to California to continue working as the Eagles’ masseuse. The band was still on tour with JD & The Straight Shot.

Days later, according to the lawsuit, Dolan encouraged Croft to join two assistants from Irving Azoff Management for shopping and dinner in Los Angeles. Upon returning to her hotel after going out for dinner, Croft was waiting for the elevator when a man asked her, “Who is that to-go box for?”

The man asking the question, according to the lawsuit, was Weinstein, the former movie producer who was later convicted of sex crimes. When Croft said the food was for her friend, Dolan, Weinstein told Croft that the sports mogul was “one of his best friends,” according to the lawsuit. He then asked her if she was “the massage therapist,” saying that Dolan had mentioned his massage therapist and said great things about her.

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